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The Blackwell Convergence - I Can See Into Forever
Touhou 8: Imperishable Night - Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke
Arcaea - Pragmatism -Resurrection-

MATCH 1

I really like I Can See Into Forever! The melody in the vocals is really nice, and the duet works well here with how both singers compliment each other. I like the drumming pattern at 0:35 before the chorus kicks in. Speaking of which, the chorus is really cool too, especially the brief harmonizing on the last "into forever." This is a bit of a tangent, but I really enjoy seeing where I overlap with people whose tastes I don't typically share, so it was nice to see that this is a Taffer nomination that I like quite a bit, since Taffer and I were at like 20-something percent in the compatibility chart last year throughout the contest.

Vertex was never really one of the Dodonpachi songs that I liked a whole lot. It's not bad at all; in fact, it's pretty decent. But compared to other Daifukkatsu Black Label songs like Flotage and Vertigo, it just doesn't hold up. That aside, it does do some general melodic stuff that's reminiscent of Dodonpachi songs I do like, so that's worth mentioning. It's easily strong enough to beat some of the weaker songs that have been voted on so far.

MATCH 2

Reach for the Moon is never a bad song to listen to. It's not at the top of the rankings for me in terms of Touhou songs, but it's good enough that I always end up taking it to round 2 or 3 at least when filling out the favorites bracket each year.

Gahreesen Corridors is just not my thing, unfortunately. Not really much else to say.

MATCH 3

Electric Power Building/PowerOne is also not my thing. It has more of a melodic structure than Gahreesen Corridors in my eyes, so that gives PowerOne some points over that song, but I just don't really find this engaging. Like nothing in particular stands out to me here.

Pragmatism does quite a few things that I enjoy, but at the same time, I feel like those things have potential to better suit my tastes. Songs like this with violin and piano melodies are always a positive for me. Though I can't help but think that something feels off about the violin at 0:35. Feels like it has this hint of sounding artificially different or synthy or something where I'd prefer it sound like a natural violin. And I've typically been more neutral on dubstep-esque parts in rhythm game songs and the like as opposed to actively enjoying them. But I don't want to make this writeup sound negative because I do think it's a decent song! And it's a clear winner for me in this match.

I Can See Into Forever > Reach for the Moon, Immortal Smoke > Vertex (Stage 1) > Pragmatism -Resurrection- >> PowerOne > Gahreesen Corridors